Lolly-Poms Sweetheart Crochet Beanie

Thank you to everyone on Facebook and Instagram who helped me think up a name for my new hat pattern! After much thought, I’ve decided to call it the Lolly-Poms Sweetheart Crochet Beanie, because the striping can look like little hearts! And of course, it’s also named after my own little sweetheart!

Before getting to the pattern below, here are a few notes to keep in mind:

I start off with a round of foundation single crochet stitches. I learned it fairly recently, and I love it! It leaves a looseness and springiness that is so important in hats. Join the foundation single crochet stitches as you would any other round, but note that you’ll also need to use your beginning tail to join the bottom side also.

The big difference with this hat is I’m not always working into the single crochet loops. Instead, work into the “V” of the single crochet. This gives the “V” more definition and that “almost a knit” look.

When pulling the hat together, weave the tail through the front loops of each stitch, from inside to outside, then pull tight. You can check out Planet June’s video for details.

Be careful when you join the ribbed edging to the beanie base – make sure that the right side of the ribbed edging is touching the wrong side of the beanie, or vice versa, before stitching together with the mattress stitch. This will ensure that when you flip the brim, it’ll look right.

The pattern is specifically for the toddler size, between 2 and 3 years. I have further instructions below on approximate sizing for infants, children and adults, as well as how the math is done so you can make any size you want.

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Cut the yarn, leaving enough of a tail to fasten off. Pull yarn through the final stitch. Using an embroidery needle, weave the yarn tail from inside to outside through the front loops only of all 12 stitches. Pull tight and fasten off. Weave in ends.

Pom-Poms

The pom poms are attached to either side of the hat between rows 22 and 23.

Instructions [ for other sizes ]:

Beanie Base

Work fsc in any multiple of 6.

infant: 54 fsc

toddler: 66 fsc

child: 72 fsc

adult: 78 fsc

Work Rounds 1 through 5 from above.

Repeat Rounds 3-5 until you get the height you want on the beanie.

Work Round 3 and 4 from above.

If the number of foundation stitches is a multiple of 6 but not a multiple of 12 (like 54), then you need to reduce the number of stitches to the nearest multiple of 12. For example, if you have 54 stitches, you need to *work 1 hdc in each of next 7 stitches, then 1 hdc2tog over next 2 st* 6 times to end up with 48 stitches.

If you have 78 stitches, you need to *work 1 hdc in each of next 11 stitches, then 1 hdc2tog* 6 times to end up with 72 stitches.

Once the number of stitches is a multiple of 12, start decreasing by 12 stitches each round, using Rounds 23, 24, 25 as guides.

When you reach the final round with 12 stitches, cut yarn, and weave it around the 12 stitches. Pull tight and fasten off.

Ribbed Edging

The edging can be as deep as you want, but here are my recommendations.

infant: ch 10, and work 8 hdc across

toddler: ch 12, and work 10 hdc across

child: ch 13, and work 11 hdc across

adult: ch 14, and work 12 hdc across

All the other instructions are the same as detailed above.

If you have any questions, leave a comment below or search through the comments to see if your question has already been answered. You can also purchase a printable PDF of this pattern from Craftsy!

I’d love to see your sweetheart creations, so please share with me and your fellow crocheters on my Facebook page or on Instagram!